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    The surname Hansell

    A surname, carried by 1,778 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H524

    Hansell: #16,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hansell #16,238, 1,778 people Hansell: #16,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hansell #16,238, 1,778 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hansell is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,778 people named Hansell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,677.

    #16,238
    rank among US surnames
    1,778
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,921)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,238Smoker1,778173,648
    #16,247Haddon1,777173,745

    Who is named Hansell

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Hansell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hansells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Haywood S. Hansell
      American U.S. Air Force major general (1903-1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hansell

    Hansell has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hansell?
    1,778 people in the United States had the surname Hansell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. It ranked 16,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hansell?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hansell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hansell?
    Haywood S. Hansell, American U.S. Air Force major general (1903-1988).
    Where is the surname Hansell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hansell in the United States.
    Is the surname Hansell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,778 in 2010, up 6.0%.